#jirt

"Such-and-such geographical feature in The Lord of The Rings doesn't make any sense" and then they describe a completely bespoke map of middle earth which exists only within their own heads

I strongly suspect that the Flight of the Conchords song Frodo (Don't Wear The Ring) is a specific and intentional parody of the Blind Guardian song The Lord of the Rings, rather than just fantasy filk in general. Has this been discussed? Have Brett and Jemaine spoken on this?

Wasn't Linoleum that elf dude who fucked that dwarf

We don't talk enough abt how Galadriel invented a new kind of tree

one of my favorite bits in lord of the rings is something the movies didn't really try to do because it's entirely internal, but sam's carrying the ring and it starts trying to do its work on him, so he's having these intrusive visions of himself marching at the head of a vast and terrible army, and he just starts laughing because, me? samwise gamgee? sam gamgee the general sam gamgee the dark lord are you for real? man i just want to go home and do some gardening. and the ring gets frustrated and it starts trying to figure out other stuff that would actually tempt sam and it's finally like, okay, but hear me out: imagine if you could have...A REALLY REALLY BIG GARDEN

I keep wanting to compare Thingol and Prospero but there's not enough there. They suggest each other somewhat but Thingol is just too lacking in wizardly qualities